greater poland voivodship

This article describes one of the current regional administrative subdivisions of Poland. If you are looking for information on the general historical region to which it corresponds, please see the article 'Greater Poland'.

The Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska). It is second in area and third in population among the country's sixteen voivodships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are: Its principal cities are Poznan, Leszno, Kalisz and Gniezno. Most of the historical region (except some southwestern communities) is included the Greater Poland voivodship (administrative province) created in 1999.

Major cities and towns

(population 2003)

Poznań (581,200)
Kalisz (106,500)
Konin, Poland (83,600)
Piła (76,800)
Ostrow Wielkopolski (74,500)
Gniezno (71,600)
Leszno (63,500)
Srem (31,000)
Turek (30,700)
Krotoszyn (29,100)
Wrzesnia (28,900)
Swarzedz (28,200)
Jarocin (26,000)
Koscian (24,500)
Wągrowiec (24,500)
Kolo (24,300)
Lubon (23,800)
Sroda Wielkopolska (22,200)
Rawicz (21,700)
Gostyn (20,800)
Chodzież (20,500)

Greater Poland Voivodship

Major cities and towns

Administrative division

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